According to the recently posted report, 'Global LTE Handset Vendor Shipments by Country: Q4 2014', published under our Handset Country Share Tracker (HCST) service, China remains the world's biggest LTE handsets market by volume for two quarters in a row. China alone accounted for a significant 39% share of global LTE handsets shipment during the quarter. Apple's iPhone 6 and 6 Plus, and affordable LTE handsets from Chinese vendors such as Xiaomi, Huawei, OPPO and Vivo drove up the LTE handsets volume in China.

This extensive report, availble to our paid clients, tracks the global LTE handset shipments and vendor marketshare for 23 major vendors across 5 major LTE countries such as China, the US, South Korea, Japan and Canada.

According to the recently published report -- Global Smartphone Vendor Market Share for 15 Countries in Q4 2014 -- published by our Handset Country Share Tracker (HCST) service -- Samsung remained the number one smartphone vendor in most major countries worldwide during the fourth quarter of 2014. Apple performed exceptionally well, boosted by robust demand for its larger-sized 4.7- and 5.5-inch iPhones, which enabled the vendor to become the biggest smartphone vendor in the UK for the first time ever. In India, the world's third largest smartphone country, Samsung and Micromax competed almost neck-and-neck, taking the first and second spots, respectively.

This report, available to clients, tracks 18 leading smartphone vendors across up to 30 major countries by quarter in 2014. Countries covered include Thailand, Philippines, Colombia, Nigeria, Egypt and others.

According to the recently published report, Global LTE Handset Vendor Shipments by Country: Q3 2014, under our Handset Country Share Tracker (HCST) service, China has finally become the world's number one LTE handset market for the first time during Q3 2014, making the US slip to the 2nd position. China LTE handset market grew substantially by volume, up 140% sequentially, mainly driven by the growing influence of two rising stars, Oppo and Vivo, in the growing LTE segment in China.

The more detailed and extensive analysis, and LTE handset market share by vendor by country can be viewed here, available to our paid clients.

According to the recently published 'Global Handset Vendor Share in 15 Countries in Q3 2014', published under our Handset Country Share Tracker (HCST) service, Micromax ranks no.2 in handset market in India during Q3 2014, closing the gap against the leading vendor, Samsung. The market share difference between those two got narrowed to a record-low level in Q3 2014.

Asus, the Taiwanese handset vendor and better known for its laptop, desktop and server products, is slowly but meaningfully enhancing its handset market presence in several key countries including China, India and its home Taiwanese market based on its Zenfone and Padfone series. As this vendor is also aggressively shipping its handsets into other big markets such as Russia, Brazil, Turkey, Indonesia, Vietnam and Thailand, it is expected that Asus is sure to keep up its handset market share in those countries in coming quarters.

The detailed analysis and marekt share on the 23 leading handset vendors in major 15 countries can be available to our paid clients, at this link.

According to the recently published 'Global Smartphone Vendor Share for 15 Countries' under our Handset Country Share Tracker (HCST) service, Samsung captured the biggest smartphone market share in 11 countries out of 15 countries that we track every quarter. Apple became the no. 1 smartphone vendor in 3 countries including the US and Japan while Xiaomi became the largest smartphone vendor in China for the first time during Q3 2014.

The report, which tracks the leading 17 smartphone vendors, from tier-one vendors such as Samsung and Apple, to the rising vendors such as Oppo, Vivo and Gionee, in major 15 coutries acorss the globe can be available to our paid clients at this link.

According to a new report from our WDS (Devices) research service, global mobile phone shipments will grow +5% in 2015. Samsung, Apple and Chinese vendors, including Huawei and Lenovo, will be among the main vendors driving growth next year, with 4G LTE providing significant uplift in key markets such as the US, China, Japan, UK and South Korea. This published report, available to clients here, forecasts global handset, smartphone and feature phone shipments by QUARTER for 14 of the world's largest VENDORS from 2000 to 2015. Global grey handset volumes by quarter through 2015 are also included. The report is a valuable tool for component makers, software developers, operators and other stakeholders to support their planning activities.

According to the recently-published 'Global Handset Vendor Marketshare for 15 Countries in Q2 2014' under our HCST (Handset Country Share Tracker) service, handset market competition in India is getting neck to neck among Samsung, Nokia and Micromax in Q2 2014 as Samsung and Nokia lost their market share annually, and Micromax has kept increasing its market share quarter on quarter. In particular, the market share difference between Samsung and Micromax became the record low during the quarter.

Further analysis on India handset market and additional quarterly handset vendor market share in other 14 major countries including the US, China, Brazil, Russia, South Africa, South Korea, Japan, Russia, Germany and UK can be viewed by our paid clients here.

According to our recently published report, Global Smartphone Market Share for 15 Countries in Q2 2014, in our HCST (Handset Country Share Tracker) service, Samsung took the lead in 14 major smartphone countries in Q2 2014, including the US, China, India, Brazil, Russia and UK, despite growing pressure from lower-end to higher-tier competition. Apple followed Samsung by maintaininig the no.1 position in Japan and taking no.2 in 8 countries.

Emerging countries, such as China, India, Brazil, Mexico and Russia, continued to lead annual smartphone growth, while Huawei, Xiaomi, Micromax and TCL-Alcatel delivered solid performances across multiple markets during Q2 2014.

Additional analysis of the quarterly smartphone market by country can be viewed by clients here.

According to a recently published handset and smartphone marketshare report for 15 countries in Q4 2013, released to clients through our Country Share Tracker (CST) service, Samsung and Apple are the only two vendors who seized the top spots across 15 major countries worldwide. Samsung captured the number one spot in most countries, including China, India and Brazil, while Apple ranked first in North America and Japan due to solid demand for the new iPhone 5s. In Japan, Apple captured a record share of all smartphones shipped during the quarter, crushing local vendors like Fujitsu and Panasonic and giant Samsung.

Global smartphone shipments increased by 38% annually in Q4 2012. This report, available to the clients of our Country Handset Share Tracker service, tracks the world's 11 leading smartphone vendors' shipments and marketshare across 15 major countries worldwide in Q1-Q4 2012. The 15 countries tracked account for 80% of total global smartphone volumes. Countries covered are: Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Russia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, UK, and the United States. This report is a valuable tool for any mobile stakeholder that wants to track smartphone vendors' operational performances at a granular country level.